Everywhere Virtually

All great adventure motorcyclists have periods when their bikes are off the road, their bikes are incapacitated or they’re incapacitated. In my case the recession clipped my wings adventure motorcycling wings for a while. I’m far from being unlucky though because I happen to be residing in one of Europe’s best countries for motorcycling in [...]

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As we trip into the wee small hours of the morning I remembered that I should log two highlights that happened to me yesterday. The first being the arrival of Austin Vince & Lois Pryce’s DVD. As the embryonic components of a hack are beginning to take shape in a secret Austrian garage I have [...]

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A few weeks back at the Horizons Unlimited event in Derbyshire I said to a friend of mine if he was ever in Austria to give me a shout and we’d meet up, sample the local cuisine and have a ride around the lakes and mountains to the South West of Linz. I’d met Paddy [...]

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My friend Simon is keen to get into motorcycling. That said he has 3 large tasks before him. Firstly he needs permission from his wife (or I say get it anyway as it’s easier to ask for forgiveness), then he needs a bike license. This is somewhat complicated by the fact he lives in Germany. [...]

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Before I write another thing I would like to thank Grant & Susan Johnson and Chris Colling & Dave Lomax at adventure-Spec for making my attendance possible this year. Without them it would not have happened. the 2010 10th anniversary event was much bigger than previous years. As I rode up the driveway to Lumb [...]

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I spotted this article from Mike Werner about a legitimate protest by French bikers in a number of cities across France. It is something many bikers across the world will identify with. Mike says French motorcycle riders had their day in the news this weekend. Organized by the FFMCFederation Francaise des Motards en Colere – [...]

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Fixing a bent footpeg – Attempt 1 from everywherevirtually on Vimeo.

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My YouTube buddy Svangalie has put together a compilation of his crashes on the ice and snow. It’s handy because I didn’t have a camera with me when I went down so it demonstrates to my friends and family how it can almost be fun. When people think motorcycle crash they they high speed impact [...]

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Well my Moo cards arrived in their fantastically presented box. I also ordered two card holders. One for my web work cards (When I get around to creating them) and the others for my “everywhere virtually” activities. They arrived in the nick of time from London because by chance I have to travel to… London. [...]

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Back in the autumn my friend Steve happened upon a flock of sheep and started herding down a country lane with his BMW R1200 GSA… One Man & His BMW R1200 GSA from everywherevirtually on Vimeo. Starring Steve Coleman, farmer Giles & Shep The sheep didn’t like this and sadly later on in the day [...]

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